keynote

keynote is a 7-letter English word with 7 senses as noun and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The tonic or first tone of the scale in which a piece or passage is written; the fundamental tone of the chord, to which all the modulations of the piece are referred; -- called also key tone. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 14 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The tonic or first tone of the scale in which a piece or passage is written; the fundamental tone of the chord, to which all the modulations of the piece are referred; -- called also key tone.
2. noun. The fundamental fact or idea; that which gives the key; as, the keynote of a policy or a sermon.
3. noun. a fundamental or central idea
4. noun. (music) the first note of a diatonic scale

   Synonyms: tonic

5. noun. the principal theme in a speech or literary work
6. verb. set the keynote of

   "Comfort keynotes this designer's Fall collection"

7. verb. give the keynote address to (an audience)

Synonyms

tonic

Common word forms

keynoted, keynoter, keynotes, keynoting

Words from these letters

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